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djskillz -> RE: Former Twins News (9/17/2014 4:19:54 PM)
Oh you're crazy Stacey. He's done and should have retired 3 years ago. As Mauer should now. [&o]

Stacey King -> RE: Former Twins News (9/17/2014 4:19:56 PM)
Correia in the game for a Coors Field mop-up beating for the Dodgers. Taking it for the team. for LA so far this year his ERA is 7.23 with a 1.61 WHIP sounds about right.

Steve Lentz -> RE: Former Twins News (9/17/2014 4:54:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Stacey King Morneau with 6 RBI so far today. Easy to forget how great a hitter he was/is: In his 2006 MVP season from June 7 on Morneau batted a major-league best .362, with 23 home runs and 92 RBI. That is carrying a club! Finished the season with .321 BA 130 RBI 34 HRs .943 OPS Yet posters still say he is done. He's not done and he was IMO always underappreciated for what a truly great hitter he was during his peak years.

SoMnFan -> RE: Former Twins News (9/17/2014 7:25:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Stacey King Correia in the game for a Coors Field mop-up beating for the Dodgers. Taking it for the team. for LA so far this year his ERA is 7.23 with a 1.61 WHIP sounds about right. Cant even get outs in the B League.,

MDK -> RE: Former Twins News (9/18/2014 10:13:37 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz quote: ORIGINAL: Stacey King Morneau with 6 RBI so far today. Easy to forget how great a hitter he was/is: In his 2006 MVP season from June 7 on Morneau batted a major-league best .362, with 23 home runs and 92 RBI. That is carrying a club! Finished the season with .321 BA 130 RBI 34 HRs .943 OPS Yet posters still say he is done. He's not done and he was IMO always underappreciated for what a truly great hitter he was during his peak years. I think it would have been a risky venture had the Twins resigned Morneau when a spot was needed for Mauer. Steve......you have always been a strong supporter of Morneau and I am glad to see Morneau do well in Colorado. But to have resigned him last year would have been a risk....especially when the team was is such desperate straits for pitching. He had yet to show complete recovery from the concussion. As for appreciation, many loved the way Morneau hit, especially around his MVP year. But he also had a hard time staying on the field......freak injuries? Many of them were......but some players just seem prone to freak injuries. When his concussion at second occurred, he was absolutely raking at the time. Then a guy knees him in the head at second.....purely accidental and boom, a concussion........and his helmet was on at the time if I recall.

Steve Lentz -> RE: Former Twins News (9/18/2014 5:30:02 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MDK quote: ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz quote: ORIGINAL: Stacey King Morneau with 6 RBI so far today. Easy to forget how great a hitter he was/is: In his 2006 MVP season from June 7 on Morneau batted a major-league best .362, with 23 home runs and 92 RBI. That is carrying a club! Finished the season with .321 BA 130 RBI 34 HRs .943 OPS Yet posters still say he is done. He's not done and he was IMO always underappreciated for what a truly great hitter he was during his peak years. I think it would have been a risky venture had the Twins resigned Morneau when a spot was needed for Mauer. Steve......you have always been a strong supporter of Morneau and I am glad to see Morneau do well in Colorado. But to have resigned him last year would have been a risk....especially when the team was is such desperate straits for pitching. He had yet to show complete recovery from the concussion. As for appreciation, many loved the way Morneau hit, especially around his MVP year. But he also had a hard time staying on the field......freak injuries? Many of them were......but some players just seem prone to freak injuries. When his concussion at second occurred, he was absolutely raking at the time. Then a guy knees him in the head at second.....purely accidental and boom, a concussion........and his helmet was on at the time if I recall. I actually understood the reason to not resign him. We have a log jam at 1B and his best years are past him. I'm just stating that he is by no mean done and his performance this year should certainly attest to that. If Morneau is done, then a lot of current Twins are done based solely on statistics.

MDK -> RE: Former Twins News (9/18/2014 5:48:10 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz quote: ORIGINAL: MDK quote: ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz quote: ORIGINAL: Stacey King Morneau with 6 RBI so far today. Easy to forget how great a hitter he was/is: In his 2006 MVP season from June 7 on Morneau batted a major-league best .362, with 23 home runs and 92 RBI. That is carrying a club! Finished the season with .321 BA 130 RBI 34 HRs .943 OPS Yet posters still say he is done. He's not done and he was IMO always underappreciated for what a truly great hitter he was during his peak years. I think it would have been a risky venture had the Twins resigned Morneau when a spot was needed for Mauer. Steve......you have always been a strong supporter of Morneau and I am glad to see Morneau do well in Colorado. But to have resigned him last year would have been a risk....especially when the team was is such desperate straits for pitching. He had yet to show complete recovery from the concussion. As for appreciation, many loved the way Morneau hit, especially around his MVP year. But he also had a hard time staying on the field......freak injuries? Many of them were......but some players just seem prone to freak injuries. When his concussion at second occurred, he was absolutely raking at the time. Then a guy knees him in the head at second.....purely accidental and boom, a concussion........and his helmet was on at the time if I recall. I actually understood the reason to not resign him. We have a log jam at 1B and his best years are past him. I'm just stating that he is by no mean done and his performance this year should certainly attest to that. If Morneau is done, then a lot of current Twins are done based solely on statistics. so in other words, you were directing the post to those who said, he is done and should retire.........did anyone ever say that on this forum????[;)]

McMurfy -> RE: Former Twins News (9/18/2014 7:08:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MDK quote: ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz quote: ORIGINAL: MDK quote: ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz quote: ORIGINAL: Stacey King Morneau with 6 RBI so far today. Easy to forget how great a hitter he was/is: In his 2006 MVP season from June 7 on Morneau batted a major-league best .362, with 23 home runs and 92 RBI. That is carrying a club! Finished the season with .321 BA 130 RBI 34 HRs .943 OPS Yet posters still say he is done. He's not done and he was IMO always underappreciated for what a truly great hitter he was during his peak years. I think it would have been a risky venture had the Twins resigned Morneau when a spot was needed for Mauer. Steve......you have always been a strong supporter of Morneau and I am glad to see Morneau do well in Colorado. But to have resigned him last year would have been a risk....especially when the team was is such desperate straits for pitching. He had yet to show complete recovery from the concussion. As for appreciation, many loved the way Morneau hit, especially around his MVP year. But he also had a hard time staying on the field......freak injuries? Many of them were......but some players just seem prone to freak injuries. When his concussion at second occurred, he was absolutely raking at the time. Then a guy knees him in the head at second.....purely accidental and boom, a concussion........and his helmet was on at the time if I recall. I actually understood the reason to not resign him. We have a log jam at 1B and his best years are past him. I'm just stating that he is by no mean done and his performance this year should certainly attest to that. If Morneau is done, then a lot of current Twins are done based solely on statistics. so in other words, you were directing the post to those who said, he is done and should retire.........did anyone ever say that on this forum????[;)] Look at his stats, new, old whatever between 2011, 2012, and 2013, compare those to his stats between 2005 and 2009 plus the fact that he only played in 81 games in 2010 and tell me who wouldn't say that he was done?

Steve Lentz -> RE: Former Twins News (9/18/2014 8:02:09 PM)
Look at his stats now. He's hitting.320, leads his team in rbi with 79 and has a .860 ops. Santana may be the only Twin having a better year at the plate.

McMurfy -> RE: Former Twins News (9/18/2014 8:58:33 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz Look at his stats now. He's hitting.320, leads his team in rbi with 79 and has a .860 ops. Santana may be the only Twin having a better year at the plate. I agree, he's having a good year, my point is that saying he was done was not without justification. He is now having a good year, a la Randall Cunningham after 3 and one half years of play that were not so good. Certainly 3.5 years was enough time for some to say he was done. He obviously had at least one good year left in him. Are you his agent?

Steve Lentz -> RE: Former Twins News (9/18/2014 9:10:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: McMurfy quote: ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz Look at his stats now. He's hitting.320, leads his team in rbi with 79 and has a .860 ops. Santana may be the only Twin having a better year at the plate. I agree, he's having a good year, my point is that saying he was done was not without justification. He is now having a good year, a la Randall Cunningham after 3 and one half years of play that were not so good. Certainly 3.5 years was enough time for some to say he was done. He obviously had at least one good year left in him. Are you his agent? Definitely one of my favorites. What about saying he was done in the last month or so?

McMurfy -> RE: Former Twins News (9/18/2014 9:13:00 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz quote: ORIGINAL: McMurfy quote: ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz Look at his stats now. He's hitting.320, leads his team in rbi with 79 and has a .860 ops. Santana may be the only Twin having a better year at the plate. I agree, he's having a good year, my point is that saying he was done was not without justification. He is now having a good year, a la Randall Cunningham after 3 and one half years of play that were not so good. Certainly 3.5 years was enough time for some to say he was done. He obviously had at least one good year left in him. Are you his agent? Definitely one of my favorites. What about saying he was done in the last month or so? We'll if I said that then I was wrong. When he was in his peak, he was as good a hitter as there was in the league. Didn't appear to be a juicer either.

Steve Lentz -> RE: Former Twins News (9/18/2014 9:16:20 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: McMurfy quote: ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz quote: ORIGINAL: McMurfy quote: ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz Look at his stats now. He's hitting.320, leads his team in rbi with 79 and has a .860 ops. Santana may be the only Twin having a better year at the plate. I agree, he's having a good year, my point is that saying he was done was not without justification. He is now having a good year, a la Randall Cunningham after 3 and one half years of play that were not so good. Certainly 3.5 years was enough time for some to say he was done. He obviously had at least one good year left in him. Are you his agent? Definitely one of my favorites. What about saying he was done in the last month or so? We'll if I said that then I was wrong. When he was in his peak, he was as good a hitter as there was in the league. Didn't appear to be a juicer either. Yea I thought he worked and played hard. Maybe Hunter helped his attitude.[;)]

SoMnFan -> RE: Former Twins News (9/18/2014 9:17:02 PM)
See how easy it is to resolve conflict (when two good people are involved)? Nice job fellas. [sm=icon_salut.gif]

djskillz -> RE: Former Twins News (9/18/2014 11:58:39 PM)
Concussions take a LONG time to heal sometimes. The human brain is not to be messed with. That's all it was with Morneau. And it's what gives many of us hope on Mauer that he will return to 2013 form. If he hits like he did in 2013 (which is very similar to his entire career) in 2015 and beyond, not only will he be earning his contract, but this offense will go from "very good" to "great". IMO.

Mr. Ed -> RE: Former Twins News (9/22/2014 1:21:19 PM)
http://blog.startribune.com/sports/randball/monday-ex-twins-excel-in-national-league-edition-wha-happened

Mr. Ed -> RE: Former Twins News (9/22/2014 1:42:42 PM)
Rick Anderson needs to go. As do Ryan and Gardy. Vance Worley had eight shutout innings yesterday, giving him 2.93 ERA and 75/22 K/BB ratio in 104 innings for Pirates. Pirates have gotten 417 innings of 3.15 ERA from Francisco Liriano and Vance Worley for total cost of less than the Twins paid Mike Pelfrey.

djskillz -> RE: Former Twins News (9/22/2014 1:44:06 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed Rick Anderson needs to go. As do Ryan and Gardy. Vance Worley had eight shutout innings yesterday, giving him 2.93 ERA and 75/22 K/BB ratio in 104 innings for Pirates. Pirates have gotten 417 innings of 3.15 ERA from Francisco Liriano and Vance Worley for total cost of less than the Twins paid Mike Pelfrey. Good buddy Pirates fan sends me these updates almost daily unfortunately. Rick sucks. We'd be a playoff team almost without doubt with a rotation of: Liriano Garza Lohse Worley Gibson The bullpen would look really good too with the innings those guys would be providing.

Mr. Ed -> RE: Former Twins News (9/22/2014 1:53:39 PM)
Wren must have been canned because of this Mike Berardino @MikeBerardino Doumit this year for #Braves: .199/.238/325. Of 550 players w/50+ PA, only 42 offered less value than Doumit (-0.6 fWAR).

MDK -> RE: Former Twins News (9/22/2014 3:13:17 PM)
A couple of players Rand forgot to mention Wilson Ramos And in the AL Torii Hunter JJ Hardy And did we let a one David Ortiz leave.....no, we must have gotten a ton for him....surely we must. The organization still thinks back to the trade of AJ for Nathan, Liriano and Bonzer and the rule 5 pickup in Santana and think we are just sooo much smarter than everyone else. By the way, Wilson's line: 83game 321ab's 30 runs 87 hits 12doubles 11HR's 46rbi's .271 .305 .411 .716 obp is too low but 11 homers and 46 rbi's in 80+ games. And he is now an ancient 26 years old. But when he was here, he wasn't good with the pitchers and didn't call a good game. Yes, there is some shortage of talent right now...... But when Gardy and RA return for 2015, that will be one more year of trying to develop our young talent with nimrods like Gardy in charge.

Mr. Ed -> RE: Former Twins News (9/25/2014 3:46:02 PM)
Right-handed slugger Josh Willingham has decided to retire following the conclusion of the 2014 campaign, according to a report from Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. According to Berardino, the 35-year-old Willingham has told people close to him that he is “100 percent retiring,” although agent Matt Sosnick tells MLBTR’s Tim Dierkes (Twitter link) that “Josh and [his wife] Ginger haven’t made a definitive decision.”

djskillz -> RE: Former Twins News (9/25/2014 3:54:37 PM)
Crazy. Good on him. Solid career and wish him well in the days ahead.

SoMnFan -> RE: Former Twins News (9/25/2014 4:18:27 PM)
Too young. He could DH effectively for many more years IMO. A solid RH bat who produces more often than not. Lots of slugs worse than him drawing checks yet.

twinsfan -> RE: Former Twins News (9/29/2014 10:10:05 AM)
WILSON RAMOS ON ZIMMERMANN: • "It was Ramos’ greatest game defensively and will go down among his proudest moments." - "Nats’ Ramos shares moment in Zimmermann’s no-hitter" - Chase Hughes, Nats Insider

Mr. Ed -> RE: Former Twins News (9/29/2014 10:10:40 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SoMnFan Too young. He could DH effectively for many more years IMO. A solid RH bat who produces more often than not. Lots of slugs worse than him drawing checks yet. Pride?

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